A source with intimate information about the events that happened on the ground in Benghazi the night the U.S. Consulate and the CIA annex was attacked by terrorists told Breitbart News that, ultimately, only the President of the United States, or someone acting on his authority, could have prevented Special Forces either on the ground or nearby from helping those Americans who were under deadly assault.

According to the source, when the attack on the Consulate occurred, a specific chain of command to gain verbal permission to move special-forces in must have occurred. SOCAFRICA commander Lieutenant Col. Gibson would have contacted a desk officer at the time, asking for that permission.

That desk officer would have called Marine Corps Col. George Bristol, then in command of Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara. From there, Bristol would have made contact with Rear Admiral Brian Losey, then Commander of Special Operations Command Africa. Losey would have contacted four-star General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. AFRICOM at the time.

"... ultimately, only the President of the United States, or someone acting on his authority, could have prevented Special Forces either on the ground or nearby from helping those Americans who were under deadly assault."

Don’t count on it. hussein will claim he was asleep, out on the back nine, wasn’t consulted, at the men’s club, having a toke in the WH garden or was conferring with Reggie in the Lincoln Bedroom. Everything bounces off Lord Rubber.

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posted on 05/07/2013 1:44:10 PM PDT
by bgill
(The problem is...no one is watching the Watch List!)

Until the ‘investigators’ start asking the questions we here had on day 2 of this fiasco, instead of playing softball and helping to guide the dems to freedom, nothing happens. Odds of that? almost nothing.

Don't be so sure. FACTS and reality mean absolutely nothing to this Marxist, his lapdog media, or even the lib-infested courts, not to mention our sickingly compliant RINO-run House. I wouldn't be at all surprised of he is allowed to completely skate on this crime, laughing all the way.

Obama is quite aware that he can literally get away with anything and he intends to take full advantage of that power. Benghazi was small cakes compared to what he is cooking up next.

There is no information that will make the Left turn on - or even question - Obama. Don’t you see, to them, HE IS THEM - to question him is to question themselves. It’s like water saying I’m wet. Not possible.

Just how many times will Bill let her take a hit before he speaks up? BC may just sit back and say nothing, but then again, he can’t stand BO. I suppose it will depend on public reaction. Obviously 47% won’t give a darn. Interesting times.

3) The bizarre "video did it" fraud that the Pres., Sec. State, UN Ambassador and other administration spokesholes perpetrated on the public.

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Denial of prior requests for security were a dereliction of duty. The lies and misdirection about the "video" after the attack were fraud and malfeasance under the color of authority. The inaction during the attack was something more than that.

The failure to act during the attack is the direct equivalent of desertion IMO.

o’stoner could be loading aborted babies into wagons with a pitchfork and the spinate would never impeach him.

Wasn’t there a deal cut with hillary for o’stoner’s campaign fund to pay her campaign debts back in ‘08? If I am remembering right there is a lot of leverage for he to stand in front of him.

I fear this will be a tempest in a tea pot and come to nothing but making the pubbies look foolish. What came of the fast and furious mess? Nothing. For all the posturing and testimony not a thing came of it. Issa better have something this time or he is just trying to stay relevant.

I thought Trey Gowdy was the man-with-the-plan on this bunch of whistleblowers. Is Issa grandstanding him? Gowdy has more on the ball than Issa.

I saw a TV clip of a double amputee at a sporting event in Boston. Now, we’re back to Benghazi. We need to be careful that this isn’t a case of the Democrats working the media. The Democrat voters can’t make the connection between Benghazi and their lives. A double amputee in a wheelchair at a Boston hockey game puts Obama’s incompetence right in their face. The Washington Post and CBS and CNN are just now concerned about Benghazi? Nope. The Democrats realized that their failure at Boston was the real danger. Tie Benghazi and Boston together and the Democrats go shrieking back to hell.

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posted on 05/07/2013 2:03:47 PM PDT
by blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")

Alternative theory. BO let someone else handle the entire situation. Think Panetta, Axelrod, Val jarrett, etc... Stand down order is given and no one else can take the blame. Obama is hiding more here than he cares to admit. He can never admit that he ignored the entire situation. That would be worse than going to sleep.

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